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Why not remove the entire Inner Loop ?

Started by silverback1065, December 07, 2017, 01:06:27 PM

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silverback1065

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/11/22/final-inner-loop-east-section-opens-after-fill/889609001/

looks like the inner loop project is complete.  My question is, why not get rid of the whole thing minus the 490 part?  I think 490 should stay, but the remaining arm that is left doesn't seem to make any sense. 


kalvado

Quote from: silverback1065 on December 07, 2017, 01:06:27 PM
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/11/22/final-inner-loop-east-section-opens-after-fill/889609001/

looks like the inner loop project is complete.  My question is, why not get rid of the whole thing minus the 490 part?  I think 490 should stay, but the remaining arm that is left doesn't seem to make any sense.
and why not to remove entire city?

The Ghostbuster

What is the likelihood of the rest of the loop being removed? Has anyone done a study about it? How much traffic would be diverted to local streets?

silverback1065

again, i'm only talking about the remaining portion that ISN'T 490

The Ghostbuster

I wasn't referring to the 490 segment. I was referring to the portion that still exists between 490 and Union Street, where they truncated it.

cl94

Half of what remains is up against a rail line. No real benefit to removing it. The remaining bit is a below-grade bypass of downtown. A big point of contention regarding the Inner Loop was that it was at grade on the SE side of downtown and the business district had spread across the Inner Loop over there.
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Buffaboy

I never drove the Inner Loop, but I did drive over the filled-in portions to the East a few months ago, without noticing until I saw construction vehicles.

Pretty similar to the fill in with the Big Dig, except the highway is just gone now.
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